The only artwork above my office desk is a small print from one of my greatest inpirations, Bradford Washburn, whose accomplishments spanned the fields of photography, mountaineering, cartography, and science (making him an instant hero in my book 
. However, he is perhaps best known for his richly-toned black & white aerial images from the great mountain ranges of the world – including Alaska and the Alps – which he shot from open airplane doors at high altitude on 8×10 large format equipment. Simply amazing.
Anyway, in the spirit of aerial photography, earlier this week Marie and I flew into the Teton Range with my friend Tom. Since I grew up in nearby Idaho Falls, and have spent a great deal of time climbing and exploring these peaks, seeing it all from altitude and bathed in beautiful evening light made the experience heavenly. Here’s some of what we saw:
Cathedral Group from the northeast
Enclosure, Grand Teton and Mount Owen from the south
Enclosure and the Grand Teton from the south. Middle Teton & Teewinot are dwarfed to the right.
Mount Owen and Grand, Middle and South Tetons from the north
Teewinot, Owen, and the Grand Teton from above Mount Moran
Mount Owen, the Grand Teton and Enclosure from the north.
North face and profile of north ridge of the Grand Teton. Table Mountain to the right
Upper Exum ridge, Ford couloir, and upper east face of the Grand Teton
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What a great post, nice work.
Posted 17 Apr 2010 at 1:27 pm ¶Wow. Stunning!
Posted 28 Apr 2010 at 6:11 pm ¶DUDE, I WANT HIS CAMERA. Maybe with modern technology a little autofocus could be integrated into it.
Posted 15 May 2010 at 10:16 am ¶This is the one I want – I lost an auction on one a while back: ‘Rifle style’ Graflex with a 400mm Zeiss:
http://www.earlyaeroplanes.com/archive/1a/images/imag1407.jpg
Posted 15 May 2010 at 10:28 am ¶Oh, what glorious day!!!
Posted 03 Jun 2010 at 3:39 am ¶I will never forget that trip for a very liquified reason.
Great shots, Mr Turley!
By the way, your audience wants more blog posts;)
wow, matt! these are jaw-dropping. my favorite is #4…how do I go about getting a print? seriously.
Posted 01 Jul 2010 at 9:14 am ¶Thanks Larry, I’d be happy to get you a print! Here’s a link to my price list & order form: http://www.matthewturley.com/assets/orderForm/turley_orderForm.pdf.
Posted 01 Jul 2010 at 9:30 am ¶Stunning work Matt! These are breath taking.
Posted 20 Jul 2010 at 5:40 am ¶wow! your photography is amazing! big fan of your blog.
Posted 06 Oct 2010 at 2:48 pm ¶Being born and raised in JH, I saw these pictures and obviously fell in love. beautiful work!
Posted 12 Jan 2012 at 4:24 pm ¶Thanks Padgett, such great mountains… (lucky you for getting to live there!)
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